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“Sam knows she won’t come near him yet, and he suppresses the instinct to go to her, draw her into his arms and rock her until she’s emptied of all her tears. Instead he tries ro see her anew, draw a distinct separation between how he’s always seen her and who he now knows her to be, whoever that is. Maybe I never know you at all, Sam thinks

“He draws neat circles over the ghosts of old scars from another life, another time, and he stays like that as the car eases into motion, as if some part of him is afraid she’ll disappear into thin air or throw herself out of the car at the next red light. He won’t lose her again.”